Ford Motor (NYSE:F) Shares Purchased by Yousif Capital Management LLC

Yousif Capital Management LLC boosted its holdings in shares of Ford Motor (NYSE:F) by 3.5% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 637,985 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock after purchasing an additional 21,574 shares during the quarter. Yousif Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Ford Motor were worth $6,399,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.

A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in F. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Ford Motor by 16.6% during the 4th quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 402,083,883 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $3,980,630,000 after acquiring an additional 57,182,803 shares in the last quarter. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Ford Motor in the fourth quarter worth $387,282,000. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. increased its stake in Ford Motor by 88.0% during the fourth quarter. Jacobs Levy Equity Management Inc. now owns 22,512,285 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $222,872,000 after purchasing an additional 10,535,335 shares during the last quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC increased its stake in Ford Motor by 2,905.1% during the fourth quarter. Voloridge Investment Management LLC now owns 7,989,463 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock valued at $79,096,000 after purchasing an additional 7,723,601 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. raised its holdings in shares of Ford Motor by 5.3% during the fourth quarter. Charles Schwab Investment Management Inc. now owns 129,106,379 shares of the auto manufacturer’s stock worth $1,278,153,000 after purchasing an additional 6,497,321 shares during the period. 58.74% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.

Ford Motor Trading Up 0.5%

Shares of F stock opened at $10.66 on Thursday. Ford Motor has a 1 year low of $8.44 and a 1 year high of $14.85. The firm has a market capitalization of $42.37 billion, a PE ratio of 7.30, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.61 and a beta of 1.50. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $10.06 and a two-hundred day moving average of $9.99. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.31, a quick ratio of 1.02 and a current ratio of 1.16.

Ford Motor (NYSE:F) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 5th. The auto manufacturer reported $0.14 earnings per share for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of ($0.02) by $0.16. The business had revenue of $40.66 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $35.99 billion. Ford Motor had a net margin of 3.18% and a return on equity of 16.88%. The company’s revenue was down 6.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.49 earnings per share. As a group, research analysts expect that Ford Motor will post 1.47 EPS for the current year.

Ford Motor Announces Dividend

The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Monday, June 2nd. Shareholders of record on Monday, May 12th were given a dividend of $0.15 per share. The ex-dividend date was Monday, May 12th. This represents a $0.60 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 5.63%. Ford Motor’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is 48.00%.

Analyst Ratings Changes

Several research firms have recently commented on F. Piper Sandler lifted their price target on shares of Ford Motor from $8.50 to $9.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a report on Thursday, May 22nd. Citigroup lifted their target price on Ford Motor from $10.00 to $11.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Wednesday, May 7th. Wolfe Research raised Ford Motor from an “underperform” rating to a “peer perform” rating in a report on Wednesday, April 30th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised their price target on Ford Motor from $11.00 to $12.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a report on Thursday, May 1st. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group boosted their price objective on Ford Motor from $9.00 to $10.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 6th. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, twelve have assigned a hold rating and two have assigned a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, Ford Motor has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus target price of $10.03.

Ford Motor Profile

Ford Motor Company develops, delivers, and services a range of Ford trucks, commercial cars and vans, sport utility vehicles, and Lincoln luxury vehicles worldwide. It operates through Ford Blue, Ford Model e, and Ford Pro; Ford Next; and Ford Credit segments. The company sells Ford and Lincoln vehicles, service parts, and accessories through distributors and dealers, as well as through dealerships to commercial fleet customers, daily rental car companies, and governments.